different between yogourt vs yogurt

English

Etymology

From French yogourt, yoghourt, from Turkish; see yogurt.

Noun

yogourt (countable and uncountable, plural yogourts)

1. Canada spelling of yogurt

Usage notes

The spelling yogourt is common on product labels in Canada because it is valid in both English and French, as products are required to be labelled in both languages. Yogurt remains by far the most common spelling in other contexts, however.

References

• “yogourt” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

French

Alternative forms

• yaourt (France, Belgium)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ??????? (y?ghurt, yo?urt) (Modern Turkish yo?urt). The form yogourt comes from the original Ottoman Turkish whilst the form yaourt comes from the variation yo?urt which is now the standard in Modern Turkish. Compare with cognates of the word in many European languages Joghurt, iogurt, jogurtti.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /j?.?u?/, /jo.?u?/
• (Europe) IPA^(key): /j?.?u?t/, /jo.?u?t/

Noun

yogourt m (plural yogourts)

1. (Canada, Switzerland, Belgium) yogurt

Usage notes

The form yogourt is common on product labels in Canada because it is valid in both English and French, as products are required to be labelled in both languages.

References

Further reading

• “yogourt” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• yoghurt (Commonwealth)
• yoghourt
• yogourt (Canada)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??????? (yo?urt).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: y??g?t, IPA^(key): /?j???t/,
• (US) enPR: y??g?rt, IPA^(key): /?jo???t/
• (General Australian) enPR: y??g?t, IPA^(key): /?j????t/

Noun

yogurt (countable and uncountable, plural yogurts)

1. A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
2. (especially in compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

Related terms

• yaourt

Descendants

• ? Welsh: iogwrt

Translations

See also

• curd
• whey

References

Further reading

• yogurt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• grouty

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??????? (yo?urt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.?urt/, [?j???ur?t?]
• Hyphenation: yò?gurt

Noun

yogurt m (invariable)

1. yogurt

Derived terms

• yogurteria
• yogurtiera

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

yogurt m (plural yogurts)

1. Alternative form of yogur